This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

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There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job...

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be...

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she...

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Everybody needs one essential friend.